Fish-trapping net



FI KUWIK.

FISH TRAPPING NET.

APPLICATION FILED .IAN-*13, I92I.

Patented June 14, 1921.

fan/ff@ NITE S'EA'S FRANK KUWIK, OF BLASDELL, NEW YORK.

FISH-TRAPPING NET.

Application filed January 13, 1921.

To all w 710m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK KUWIK, citizen of Poland, residing atBlasdell, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fish-T rapping Nets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to fishing nets, having more particularreference to nets adapted to be suspended in the water to have the shenter therein.

The invention has for an object to provide an improved type of fishingnet provided with a novel means for directing the fish into the net.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical elevational view of a fishing netconstructed according to the invention, certain of the exterior partsbeing broken away to show the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary central vertical section atright angles to Fig.1.

iFig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the neck of theentrance funnel.

As here shown my improved net comprises a main body 10 of generallycylindri-V cal shape and which comprises a netting 10 made in the usualmanner of the proper mesh according to the use to which the net is to beput, this netting being attached to a number of rings or hoops 11, 11and 11"L whereby the desired cylindrical outline of the body ismaintained.

This net body 10 is open at both ends to permit of entrance of the fishthereto. EX- tending across each end of the net body is a member 12 ofnetting which has an aperture 13 in its center and which inclines in afunnel-like manner into the net body, being held in this position bycords 13 secured thereto and to the adjacent rings 11.

Secured to the rings 11 and extending toward the center of the net bodyare a pair of entrance funnels 14 being also formed of suitable netting,and contracting toward their inner ends to present small openings l5 attheir inner ends through which the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 1e, 1921.

Serial No. 435,933.

fish pass into the body of the net. To maintain these entrance funnelsin proper position when the net is suspended in the water the inner endsof the funnels 14 are connectedtogether by a series of cords 16, thelengths of these cords being arranged to hold these properly extendedwhen the net is suspended in the water, it being understood of coursethat the weight of the rings 11, 11 and 11iL will act to keep the net asa whole in its proper expanded or extended position.

Secured to the top end ring 11 of the net on opposite sides thereof area pair of cords 17 whose other ends are connected to opposite ends of ahorizontal bar 18 to which may be connected the loops 19 for suspendingthe net.

A second bar 21 may extend between these cords a short distance abovethe top ring 11. Attached at opposite sides to these cords 17 and at itsupper end to the cross bar 18 is a flat netting web 22 which is adaptedto form a baffle or barrier whereby the fish striking thereagainst maybe directed downwardly into the net body.

Fish entering the net either at the top or bottom thereof will passthrough the entrance funnels into the body thereof, the small size ofthe necks of the funnels preventing the fish from escaping.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire t0protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. A fishnet comprising an elongated cylindrical body made up of a nettingsecured upon a series of rings, entrance funnels leading into the saidbody from opposite ends thereof, means connecting the inner ends of saidfunnels to one another, a fiat web of netting connected to one end ofsaid body and diametrically intersecting the opening` into the adjacententrance funnel.

2. A fish net comprising an elongated cylindrical body made up of anetting` secured upon a series of rings, an entrance funnel leading intosaid net, and a flat web of netting extending longitudinally from theouter end of said entrance funnel and diametrically intersecting theopening into said entrance funnel.

3.151 sh net comprising` an elongated cylindrical body made up of anetting secured upon a series of rings, entrance funnels lelding intosaid net from upper and lower ends thereof, cords extending between thespace between the last mentioned ropes, the inner ends of said entrancefunnels and and suspension means for the net secured maintaining thelatter in position, a pair of to the said cross loar. l0 cords extendingupwardly from opposite In testimony whereof I have aHiXed my 5 sides ofthe upper one of said rings, a cross signature.

bar to Which the upper ends of said cords are attached, a netting` webextending across FRANK KUWI-K.

